Climate Kagoshima Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kagoshima Airport (RJFK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.7	83	79	85	90	83
February	79.0	62	75	88	90	77
March	78.3	71	77	75	78	74
April	77.6	59	72	72	83	94
May	76.0		69	76	58	79
June	67.0		63	61	80	54
July	65.3		62	61	78	48
August	76.7		65	81	60	85
September	81.1		91	70	85	71
October	93.7		93	95	98	94
November	91.3		93	89	92	90
December	89.5		80	91	96	95
Average	78.7	68.5	75.8	77.1	81.4	77.8

53rd best VFR conditions of Japan

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	95.3	97	90	91	97	97
February	92.1	85	89	96	99	92
March	87.9	80	88	88	91	85
April	89.2	84	83	84	95	97
May	87.7		86	83	77	90
June	86.4		88	83	93	77
July	87.6		82	89	94	82
August	94.0		90	97	84	96
September	93.8		99	85	94	93
October	98.1		98	98	100	94
November	97.0		99	99	99	94
December	97.3		95	96	100	100
Average	91.4	85.8	90.1	90.0	93.0	91.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.0	12	11	11	11	12
February	12.4	15	14	10	14	13
March	16.3	16	18	17	18	16
April	20.4	21	20	21	20	19
May	23.6		24	23	23	24
June	25.8		26	26	26	26
July	29.2		30	30	29	28
August	30.4		30	31	29	32
September	27.9		30	28	28	26
October	23.3		23	23	25	23
November	18.2		18	20	17	19
December	12.0		13	12	12	12
Average	20.3	16.0	21.2	21.3	21.0	20.9

24th highest temperature of Japan

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.5	4	2	2	2	5
February	3.8	7	4	2	5	5
March	7.1	7	8	8	9	8
April	11.2	14	12	12	11	8
May	15.2		15	15	15	16
June	19.2		20	20	19	20
July	23.1		24	24	23	22
August	23.4		24	24	23	23
September	20.7		22	21	21	20
October	14.4		13	14	15	14
November	9.2		9	11	8	10
December	3.8		5	4	4	3
Average	12.2	7.6	13.2	13.2	12.9	12.7

34th lowest temperature of Japan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.6	16	21	14	8	12
February	19.6	28	16	13	12	21
March	20.3	28	17	20	15	25
April	18.9	32	26	17	12	7
May	20.4		22	27	30	15
June	28.5		32	29	26	36
July	22.3		21	25	17	31
August	17.5		25	10	33	8
September	16.2		5	23	13	22
October	10.4		11	5	7	9
November	10.6		7	8	13	10
December	11.7		18	13	8	6
Average	18.6	26.5	18.5	17.8	16.5	17.0

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.7	9	10	8	9	8
February	8.3	7	7	10	10	8
March	7.9	9	7	7	7	8
April	8.1	7	9	6	8	9
May	7.4		8	6	7	8
June	6.7		6	7	7	7
July	6.9		7	8	7	7
August	7.1		8	7	7	6
September	6.9		6	9	7	6
October	6.4		6	7	6	6
November	6.5		8	6	7	7
December	8.3		8	8	9	8
Average	7.5	7.9	7.5	7.4	7.5	7.3

24th highest wind speed of Japan

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	328°	325°	334°	335°	337°
February	298°	329°	330°	339°	325°
March	303°	201°	280°	347°	308°
April	130°	138°	192°	108°	304°
May		161°	125°	228°	168°
June		180°	175°	124°	198°
July		191°	211°	141°	223°
August		115°	236°	181°	181°
September		141°	094°	133°	134°
October		344°	040°	072°	032°
November		314°	003°	338°	354°
December		327°	341°	329°	340°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.